CIT Reverses Commerce Decision In Candle Duty Order

Law360, Los Angeles (February 5, 2014, 8:58 PM EST) -- A U.S. Court of International Trade judge last week found that the U.S. Department of Commerce had incorrectly included Trade Associates Group Ltd.’s shaped candles in the scope of an anti-dumping duty order the Chinese candle maker challenged as being overbroad.

Judge Timothy C. Stanceau found on Jan. 31 that Commerce had gone too far when it determined in 2011 that a list of candles subject to duties in the order was merely a suggestion for the types of candles that would be included, saying the agency’s...